Videos of Southeast Asia
Transformative. That’s the word I use when people ask me, “How was your trip to Southeast Asia?” Nine months have passed since my return to North America, yet I still think about that… Continue reading
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Up All Night to Get Lucky: Guided through Siem Reap
I arrived in Siem Reap in the late morning after stepping off a flight from Phnom Penh. Once again, a guide was waiting for me at the airport in Siem Reap. He sat… Continue reading
Khmer Wedding Crashers
Glasses clink around me. People shout, “Chul Muy!” Someone scoops more ice into my cup of beer. Everyone smiles. ‘Chul Muy’ is the Cambodian word for ‘cheers’ and there was no lack of… Continue reading
Genocidal Tendencies: Fractured Cambodia & the Khmer Rouge (Part III — S-21 Prison)
Chum Mey, a frail, white-haired Cambodian man in a pinstriped shirt stands beneath the shade of an oak tree at the gates of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, a Khmer Rouge prison camp in… Continue reading
Genocidal Tendencies: Fractured Cambodia & the Khmer Rouge (Part II — Escaping Pol Pot)
My Cambodian guide Run Phyros tells me about how the Khmer Rouge exterminated his entire family as we leave the Killing Fields. Nearly every middle-aged Cambodian I’ve talked to has felt the wrath… Continue reading
Genocidal Tendencies: Fractured Cambodia & the Khmer Rouge (Part I — The Killing Fields)
Thousands of craniums stare back at me with cold, petrified expressions. Spider webs dangle in eye hollow sockets. Thousands of skulls — piled as a high as a small apartment building — loom… Continue reading
Explosive Phnom Penh: Boom Boom Pow in the Jungle
The only thing I can smell is gunpowder. It flirts with my nostrils. The sun is sinking behind lush green hills somewhere in the Cambodian countryside. It’s a sticky, humid, dusty mess out… Continue reading
Enter Thailand: Fiery Debauchery in Paradise on Phi Phi Island
I wrapped my internship at Asian Geographic last week on April 26th. It’s crazy how time flies. It feels like yesterday that I was stepping off a flight from Canada, reeling with jet… Continue reading
Hockey on the Equator: Canada’s Game in Singapore
Skates scratch, sticks clap the ice and a puck zips past me. Players crash the net. Someone scores a goal. I’m not in Canada. This is Singapore. Yet, a hockey culture lives here.… Continue reading
Frozen Art: The Ice Sculpting Kebab Chef of Joo Chiat
There’s more to chef Henry Teo than meets the eye. I met Henry on one of my first days in Singapore. A true character, he operates a restaurant across the street from my… Continue reading